prostrate
1pros·trate
adjective \ˈprä-ˌstrāt\Definition of PROSTRATE
1
: stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission; also : lying flat
2
: completely overcome and lacking vitality, will, or power to rise <was prostrate from the heat>
3
: trailing on the ground : procumbent <prostrate shrubs>
Examples of PROSTRATE
- The police found the body in a prostrate position.
- She was lying prostrate on the bed.
- They were prostrate from the heat.
Origin of PROSTRATE
Middle English prostrat, from Anglo-French, from Latin prostratus, past participle of prosternere, from pro- before + sternere to spread out, throw down — more at strew
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to PROSTRATE
- Synonyms
- all in, aweary [archaic], beat, beaten, bleary, burned-out (or burnt-out), bushed, dead, done, done in, drained, exhausted, fatigued, jaded, knackered [British], limp, logy (also loggy), played out, pooped [slang], weary, spent, tapped out, tired, tuckered (out), washed-out, wearied, wiped out, worn, worn-out
- Antonyms
- unwearied
See Synonym Discussion at prone
Rhymes with PROSTRATE
abate, ablate, adnate, aerate, age-mate, agnate, airdate, airfreight, alate, arête, await, backdate, baldpate, bandmate, baseplate, bedmate, bedplate, berate, birthrate, bistate, bite plate, blank slate, blind date, blue plate, bookplate, breastplate, casemate, castrate, caudate, cell plate, cerate, cheapskate, checkmate, chelate, chordate, citrate, classmate, clavate, cognate, collate, comate, conflate, connate, Cook Strait, cordate, create, cremate, crenate, curate, cut-rate, deadweight, death rate, debate, deflate, delate, dentate, derate, dictate, dilate, disrate, donate, doorplate, downstate, drawplate, elate, end plate, equate, estate, faceplate, falcate, fellate, filtrate, first-rate, fishplate, fixate, flatmate, floodgate, fluxgate, flyweight, folate, formate, frustrate, gelate, gestate, ground state, gyrate, hamate, hastate, headgate, Hell Gate, helpmate, home plate, hot plate, housemate, hydrate, ice-skate, inflate, ingrate, inmate, innate, instate, irate, jailbait, Kuwait, lactate, lapse rate, legate, liftgate, ligate, lightweight, liquate, lobate, locate, lunate, lustrate, lych-gate, lyrate, magnate, makebate, makeweight, mandate, messmate, migrate, misstate, mutate, nameplate, narrate, negate, Newgate, nitrate, notate, nutate, oblate, of late, orate, ornate, ovate, palmate, palpate, peltate, phonate, pinnate, placate, playdate, playmate, plicate, portrait, postdate, predate, prime rate, probate, prolate, pronate, prorate, prostate, punctate, pupate, quadrate, rain date, ramate, rebate, red-bait, relate, restate, roommate, rostrate, rotate, saccate, schoolmate, seatmate, sedate, sensate, septate, serrate, shipmate, short weight, slave state, soleplate, soul mate, spectate, spicate, squamate, stagnate, stalemate, stellate, striate, sublate, substrate, sulcate, summate, tailgate, teammate, Tebet, tenth-rate, ternate, terneplate, testate, third-rate, tinplate, to date, toeplate, tollgate, tractate, translate, tristate, truncate, unweight, update, uprate, upstate, V-8, vacate, vallate, valvate, vibrate, virgate, vulgate, whitebait, workmate
2pros·trate
transitive verb \ˈprä-ˌstrāt, especially British prä-ˈ\pros·trat·edpros·trat·ing
Definition of PROSTRATE
1
: to throw or put into a prostrate position
2
: to put (oneself) in a humble and submissive posture or state <the whole town had to prostrate itself in official apology — Claudia Cassidy>
3
: to reduce to submission, helplessness, or exhaustion <was prostrated with grief>
Examples of PROSTRATE
- <an athlete prostrated for weeks by a bout of pneumonia>
- <the huge increase in gas prices really prostrated the nation's economic engine>
First Known Use of PROSTRATE
15th century
Related to PROSTRATE
- Synonyms
- debilitate, devitalize, enervate, enfeeble, etiolate, weaken, sap, soften, tire, waste
- Antonyms
- beef (up), fortify, strengthen
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